Almost half of Scots think Brexit has gone badly for country
Brexit is pushing voters towards Scottish Independence as almost half of Scots believe leaving the European Union has gone badly for Scotland, a new poll has shown.
The poll from Savanta Comres for The Scotsman shows that 41 per cent of Scots believe Brexit has “gone badly” so far since the United Kingdom left the European Union on December 31.
Just 16 per cent of Scots believe it has gone well, with a third (34 per cent) of the public saying it had neither gone well nor badly.
The survey interviewed 1,001 Scottish adults aged 16 and over between April 16 and 20.
Figures from the poll state that a third of voters state that Brexit has made them “more likely” to vote Yes in any second independence referendum with one in five (21 per cent) saying it would push them towards voting No.
A further 38 per cent said leaving the EU had made them “no more or less likely” to vote Yes or No in any independence referendum.
In 2016, 1,661,191 or 62 per cent of voters in Scotland backed staying in the European Union with 1,018,322 (38 per cent) voting to leave.
For voters who either didn’t vote or could not vote in the 2014 independence referendum, it is also a clear driver towards supporting Yes.
A total of 41 per cent of those voters said they were now more likely to vote Yes if another referendum was held, with 14 per cent stating Brexit had made them more likely to vote No.
A further 17 per cent said they did not know.
Brexit has not had the same effect on 2016 No voters, with a third of them stating the divorce with the European Union had made them less likely to vote Yes.
A total of 13 per cent of 2016 Yes voters also said it had made them less likely to support independence.
This trend of Brexit pushing voters towards Yes was also evident across all age groups apart from those aged over 65 (with a net likelihood of minus eight per cent).
Around 40 per cent of 16-24 year olds (39 per cent), 25-34 year olds (42 per cent) and 35-44 year olds (42 per cent) said Brexit had made them more likely to vote Yes.
Conservative voters are overwhelmingly the least likely to back rejoining the EU.